The narrative art of Raphael's School of Athens

1. Raphael, The School of Athens (1509-1511)

2. The School of Athens in the Stanze della Segnatura

3. The “Dispute over the Sacrament”
Panel opposite The School of Athens

4. Justice
Panel to the Right of The School of Athens

5. Parnassus
Panel to the left of The School of Athens

6. Athens and Parnassus

7. Stanza Ceiling

8. For a rotating, 360o panorama of the Stanze della Segnatura,
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9. Main Characters in The School of Athens

10. School of Athens: Structure by Groups

11. Left Side:
Epicurus, Socrates, Plato, Pythagoras, Averroes, Hypatia,
Heraclitus/Michelangelo

12. Euclid, Ptolemy, Zoroaster, Raphael, Sodoma
Right Side:

13. Plato and Aristotle
Center:

14. School of Athens: Structure #1

15. Return to the Main School of Athens Page
Return to the Main Narrative Art Museum Page

16. School of Athens: Interpretations
of Figures, Groups, and Themes